A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century - image-1

Lot 427 Dα

A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
07.06.2019, 14:00 - Japanese Art (Armour, Swords, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono)
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)

A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century

Seated on a tree trunk's circular cross-section, head raised. The himotôshi lined with green-stained bone.
Height 3.8 cm; length 4.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Albert Brockhaus (1850-1921), Leipzig (sold at Klefisch, Cologne, 23.5.1981, lot 161)
Collection Hanns Jatzlau, Hannover (sold at Lempertz, 10.6.2006, lot 993)
Exhibition Netsuke und Farbholzschnitte aus Japan, Gallery Zacke, Vienna, 2006
Private collection, Munich

Literature

Illustrated in: P. Jirka-Schmitz, Random Thoughts on Toads, in: INCS, Vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 2006), fig. 5 and 6